Show FLOOD CAUSES LOSS OF LIFE abrl bridge jae washed out train wrecked and towns flooded flooded t louls louis A thunderstorm of unusual so verity accompanied by a ill high gh wind of almost tornado velocity swept over this vicinity early tuesday doing much damage to property rind and indirectly causing loss of life A bridge on the louisville nashville road near belleville ill waa vas washed out and wrecked a freight train U engineer i n warr ward conductor smith and a trainman were caught under tile the engine and drowned the train was plied piled up tit in a mass in creek cheok which was swollen into a tor rent tile the village of edgemont ill was flooded and many persons were forced to take refuge on oa improvised rafts the whole areti area of lowlands known as the american bottoms cast of east st louis ill and comprising thirty five square inglis of territory under water preservation of thoroughfares washington preservation of tile the thoroughfares in the yellowstone na dional park Is a subject to which tho the army engineers having charge are div ing a good deal of attention it Is a considerable problem for the reason that the work of sprinkling in order to prevent disintegration Is an expensive task the cost now being about for sprinkling perhaps not more than miles of road there has been some talk of using oil but this Is necessarily expensive and there Is considerable doubt of this method of treating the roads |